Two and a half months ago when I was completing my residency in Santo Domingo, a tire on out Montero was going flat, so we pulled into a large, multi-bay gomero on the north side of the street one blocks east of Calle Heroes de Luperon on Independencia. CHdL is one cross street at Immigration on the malecon.
While they were working on the tire, a guy pointed out the muffler was hanging way down...and it was. He said he could get it back in the correct position and fix the weld for RD$250. Made sense, so we rolled it onto an oil change bay and he went to work with torch and welder. 10 minutes later we drove out and the muffler was in the correct position.
Fast forward to Sunday.
Our trusted mechanic came and got the Montero for some general maintenance and minor repairs. I just got a call from him.
Seems the catalytic converter was removed and a piece of pipe put in place. The rat bastards in Santo Domingo took it off! Seems it has a market value of RD$6000!
I done been ripped off. I'm pretty machine saavy, and they got me good.
And not one damn thing I can do about it.
Ahhh, life in Paradise. :cheeky:
While they were working on the tire, a guy pointed out the muffler was hanging way down...and it was. He said he could get it back in the correct position and fix the weld for RD$250. Made sense, so we rolled it onto an oil change bay and he went to work with torch and welder. 10 minutes later we drove out and the muffler was in the correct position.
Fast forward to Sunday.
Our trusted mechanic came and got the Montero for some general maintenance and minor repairs. I just got a call from him.
Seems the catalytic converter was removed and a piece of pipe put in place. The rat bastards in Santo Domingo took it off! Seems it has a market value of RD$6000!
I done been ripped off. I'm pretty machine saavy, and they got me good.
And not one damn thing I can do about it.
Ahhh, life in Paradise. :cheeky: